Category: Best of the Web

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The best cannabis posts from around the web

August 12, 2014
08/12/2014
To Medicate or to Bear Arms, That Is the Question

To Medicate or to Bear Arms, That Is the Question

In the eyes of the ATF, medical cannabis patients are either unlawful users of drugs, or worse, drug addicts, who should not bear arms. It’s been three years...
August 11, 2014
08/11/2014
Stock Manipulation Claim in Marijuana Market

Stock Manipulation Claim in Marijuana Market

Executives at GrowLife manipulated the company’s share price to issue below-market shares to insiders, then dumped millions of shares in the market just before the company was...
August 11, 2014
08/11/2014
Healing Recipes: Diabetes – Cannabis Grapefruit Juice

Healing Recipes: Diabetes – Cannabis Grapefruit Juice

A healthy diet is an essential component of combating diabetes. A very widespread disease, it is estimated that nearly 350 million people worldwide are diagnosed. Cannabis is...
August 11, 2014
08/11/2014
Colorado Health Department: Teen Marijuana Use Has Decreased Since Marijuana Became Legal for Adults

Colorado Health Department: Teen Marijuana Use Has Decreased Since Marijuana Became Legal for Adults

Rates of current and lifetime marijuana use among Colorado high school students has dropped since the state made marijuana legal in 2012, according to a press release...
August 11, 2014
08/11/2014
The Cannabis and Creativity Connection

The Cannabis and Creativity Connection

It’s no secret that many of the world’s greatest thinkers, creators and artists throughout history have indulged in mind or mood-altering substances from time to time. It...
August 11, 2014
08/11/2014
Recipe: Cannabis-Infused Basil Gnocchi

Recipe: Cannabis-Infused Basil Gnocchi

Ladybud shares a tasty recipe for cannabis-infused basil gnocchi, which can work with canna-butter or canna-oil. For those unfamiliar with a classic gnocchi, it is basically a...
August 8, 2014
08/08/2014
Operation Grow4Vets: Crowdsourcing Compassion for Military Veterans

Operation Grow4Vets: Crowdsourcing Compassion for Military Veterans

It seems like there’s a crowdfunding project for just about everything these days. Here’s one you probably haven’t seen before, Operation Grow4Vets: an effort to provide disabled...
August 8, 2014
08/08/2014
Medical Marijuana Patients Want Cleaner Air on California Coast

Medical Marijuana Patients Want Cleaner Air on California Coast

Marijuana patients claim in court that San Diego and the California Coastal Commission will foul the air, snarl traffic and force people to grow marijuana indoors, wasting...
August 8, 2014
08/08/2014
Marijuana and Anxiety: A Self Help Guide

Marijuana and Anxiety: A Self Help Guide

Anxiety and marijuana have a complicated relationship, but different types of cannabis may play a role. Leaf Science providers a primer on the relationship, covering topics such...
August 8, 2014
08/08/2014
$50,000 in Marijuana Stolen From Seattle Dispensary

$50,000 in Marijuana Stolen From Seattle Dispensary

Seattle police report someone cut a large hole in the wall at a Georgetown medical-marijuana dispensary and made off with $50,000 worth of pot Wednesday morning.
August 8, 2014
08/08/2014
Michigan Marijuana Victories in Hazel Park and Oak Park

Michigan Marijuana Victories in Hazel Park and Oak Park

If yesterday’s elections in Hazel Park and Oak Park are any indication, voters in cities and towns across Michigan will be standing up for sensible marijuana policies in November....
August 8, 2014
08/08/2014
Pharmaceuticals, Alcohol Industry Among Biggest Opponents of Legal Weed

Pharmaceuticals, Alcohol Industry Among Biggest Opponents of Legal Weed

The biggest opponents of legal weed are pharmaceutical, alcohol and beer companies, private prison corporations and police unions. Among the largest donors to Partnership for Drug-Free Kids,...
August 7, 2014
08/07/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.08.06)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.08.06)

Medical marijuana bills pick up some support in Congress, Maryland and Minnesota issue draft rules, California continues to be a battleground, and more. Let’s get to it:...
August 7, 2014
08/07/2014
Barcelona’s Booming Cannabis Clubs Turn Spain Into ‘Holland of the South’

Barcelona’s Booming Cannabis Clubs Turn Spain Into ‘Holland of the South’

Catalonia’s public health agency has proposed strict new measures to regulate cannabis clubs in the region, amid claims that Barcelona is on its way to rivaling Amsterdam...
August 7, 2014
08/07/2014
D.C. Marijuana Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot

D.C. Marijuana Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot

The D.C. Board of Elections has officially certified Ballot Initiative 71 for November’s general election. If passed by a majority of D.C. voters, Initiative 71 will repeal all criminal and civil...
August 7, 2014
08/07/2014
Florida Cop Sends Illegal Email to Voters Re: Medical Marijuana

Florida Cop Sends Illegal Email to Voters Re: Medical Marijuana

A North Miami Beach police officer is so worried about the possibility of Florida approving medical marijuana in the November election that he distributed a mass email...
August 7, 2014
08/07/2014
Hey, Dude, Where’s My Stock?

Hey, Dude, Where’s My Stock?

The SEC on Tuesday charged four stock promoters with manipulating prices of microcap companies, “including marijuana-related stocks that the agency has warned investors about in recent weeks.”...
August 7, 2014
08/07/2014
Deliberating Under the Influence (Of Politics)

Deliberating Under the Influence (Of Politics)

The US House of Representatives displayed an uncommon level of common sense when it decided to take up the issue of roadway safety in the wake of...
August 7, 2014
08/07/2014
Legalized Marijuana Market in California Worth $2.1 Billion Annually

Legalized Marijuana Market in California Worth $2.1 Billion Annually

California boasts the world’s eighth largest economy, larger than even Russia. San Francisco Weekly’s Chris Roberts recently estimated the demand for legalized marijuana in California to be...
August 6, 2014
08/06/2014
Pro-Marijuana Advocates Raise $1 Million in Oregon

Pro-Marijuana Advocates Raise $1 Million in Oregon

Supporters of a recreational marijuana ballot initiative in Oregon have raised $1 million in their effort to legalize, regulate and tax use of the drug by adults,...